Pilgrims

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Pilgrims is an epic poem portraying the dramatic events transpiring between 1620 and 1627 with the settlement of Plymouth Colony. The poem consists of 76 chapters and an epilogue with over 10, 000 lines composed in heroic quatrains. Table of Contents - 1620 - 1. Elder William Brewster's Sermon 2. The Belligerent Sailor 3. Sea Burial 4. The Broken Beam 5. Man Overboard 6. Land Ho! 7. The Mayflower Compact 8. First Expedition 9. Second Expedition 10. Interval 11. Keg of Powder 12. Third Expedition - 1621 - 13. Building the Town / Billington's Sea 14. The Rendezvous 15. The Great Sickness 16. Military Orders 17. Samoset 18. Samoset Returns 19. Spring 20. Massasoit Ousamequin 21. Tisquantum Teaches 22. The Mayflower's Departure 23. John Carver 24. Memorial 25. The Town's Election 26. First Pilgrim Marriage at Plymouth 27. Envoy to Ousamequin 28. Journey to Nauset 29. The Shadow of Sachem Corbitant 30. Envoy to the Massachusetts 31. The First Thanksgiving 32. Fortune 33. Weston's Letter 34. The Governor's House - 1622 - 35. The Narragansett Threat 36. Fortification and Drill 37. Envoy to the Massachusetts Delayed 38. Tisquantum's Accusations 39. Tisquantum's Deception Exposed 40. Saving Tisquantum / Ousamequin's Demand 41. The Sparrow's Shallop 42. Thomas Weston's Deception 43. More Rationing 44. The Meetinghouse 45. Charity 46. Strength in Weakness 47. Discovery 48. Thankless Giving 49. The Shoals 50. Tisquantum, the Passing of a Friend 51. Returning from the Shoals - 1623 - 52. Weston's Settlement Fractures 53. Visit to Sowams 54. Guests of Sachem Corbitant 55. Hobomock Reveals the Plot against the Pilgrims 56. Captain Standish Rescues Weston's Men 57. An Unexpected Visitor 58. Private Enterprise 59. The Courage to Carry On 60. The Anne's Arrival 61. Reaching an Agreement at the Town Meeting 62. Wedding Day 63. Negotiating Wages for the Crew of the Little James 64. A Visit from the Governor General 65. The Great Fire - 1624 - 66. Annual Elections 67. Winslow's Return 68. Plymouth Council / Oldham's Confession 69. Hopes and Joys 70. John Lyford 71. For One and All 72. The Trial 73. Constantly Inconstant 74. Raising the Pinnace - 1625 - 75. John Oldham Returns 76. Gaining Independence - Epilogue - 1626 and 1627 Appendixes 1. Mayflower Compact 2. "The names of those which came over first" from William Bradford's Of Plimoth Plantation 3. Maps